This survey is a follow-up poll on the subway shooting
incident involving Bernhard Goetz. Respondents were queried for their
opinions on Goetz's action and his claim of self-defense, whether their
attitudes differed now from when they first heard of the case, the
refusal of the grand jury to indict Goetz for attempted murder, the
possibility of the District Attorney's office presenting new charges to
a new grand jury, the characterization of Goetz as an innocent victim,
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This survey is a follow-up poll on the subway shooting
incident involving Bernhard Goetz. Respondents were queried for their
opinions on Goetz's action and his claim of self-defense, whether their
attitudes differed now from when they first heard of the case, the
refusal of the grand jury to indict Goetz for attempted murder, the
possibility of the District Attorney's office presenting new charges to
a new grand jury, the characterization of Goetz as an innocent victim,
and Mayor Koch's statements regarding the news media's handling of the
case. Opinions on training New Yorkers in the use of firearms were also
elicited.

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WABC-TV, and New York Daily News. WABC-TV/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Subway Shooting Follow-up Poll, March 1985. ICPSR08562-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1988. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08562.v1